Alexa Cook
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400 'grannies' are descending on Hawke's Bay (opens the original)
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Club president Kaye Kampkes with team members Heidi MacDonald and Lynn Noanoa. Photo / RNZ, Alexa Cook Four hundred “grannies” will hit the Hawke’s Bay next month for the North Island’s annual leisure marching event. This year, the Taradale Super Grans are hosting a North Island event at Napier’s Pettigrew Arena on September 19, opened by former New Zealand netball star Irene Van Dyke. For months, the club has been organising the North Island’s annual leisure marching event, where 41 teams and 4
'Numbers have just exploded': Wild deer costing farmers tens of thousands (opens the original)
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A herd of 100 deer can cost farmers more than $10,000 a year. Photo / Alan Gibson A new study of Hawke’s Bay’s wild deer populations has found the problem is costing farmers tens of thousands of dollars. The research, by primary sector economist Peter MacIntyre, reveals extensive pasture and crop losses from deer, as well as damage to native plantings and bush. He said wild deer may be causing far greater economic damage to farms than landowners realise. “There is good evidence from drone and he
'Numbers have just exploded': Wild deer costing farmers tens of thousands (opens the original)
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A herd of 100 deer can cost farmers more than $10,000 a year. Photo / Alan Gibson A new study of Hawke’s Bay’s wild deer populations has found the problem is costing farmers tens of thousands of dollars. The research, by primary sector economist Peter MacIntyre, reveals extensive pasture and crop losses from deer, as well as damage to native plantings and bush. He said wild deer may be causing far greater economic damage to farms than landowners realise. “There is good evidence from drone and he
'Nothing to hide': Ikea's 43,000 hectares of forest in New Zealand (opens the original)
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Ikea owns 500,000 hectares of forestry globally. Photo / Alexa Cook, RNZ Swedish furniture company Ikea says it has “nothing to hide” with its forestry operations and is proud of what it is doing in New Zealand. RNZ reported in December that rural communities were concerned about the extent of new forestry plantings in in Central Hawke’s Bay. Locals pointed to worries about fire risk and the loss of jobs and communities because of the land use change from farming to forestry. Earlier this month,
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